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Hobby Boss 1/48 Messerschmitt Me262 A1a

Started by John vd Biggelaar · 99 ≡ · ↻ 3 years ago · 1/48, Hobby Boss, Me262, Messerschmitt

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Tom Cleaver said 3 years, 3 months ago:

Super progress @johnb. This is going to be a real head-turner when you're done.
Michael Turner said 3 years, 3 months ago:

G'day John (@johnb),

The under-surface looks good to me.

It will probably blend together a bit more when you add clear coats anyway.

On the top surface colours - I seem to recall that being an early series aircraft, this one may have been in the mid-war greys.

I'd have to search my references to be sure...

Either way, it is great to build the mounts of legendary pilots.

Looking forward to more progress.
John vd Biggelaar said 3 years, 3 months ago:

@airbum Erik, @eb801 Eric, pictures are indeed not always a presentation of what your eyes observe. I did an additional very thin layer of RLM76. To me it looks quite ok now.

@fiveten, thank you Spiros. On the way to the top surface painting now.

@gblair, thanks a lot George.

@tcinla, thank you for the compliment.

@michaelt, thanks Michael, the top surface will be a splinter camo with RLM81 and RLM82. Sides of the fuselage will be mottled.
John vd Biggelaar said 3 years, 3 months ago:

Today I was able to finish the splinter camouflage in RLM81 and RLM82. Sides of the fuselage are RLM76 and mottled with the top surface colors. I had to do the mottling several times because it did not turn out as I expected at first. So repainting in RLM76 and mottling again. Third time is seen on the pictures and has a thin extra layer of RLM76 after the mottling was applied.

To me it looks not that bad, but I'm wondering what you guys think from it.

Next step will be to get het on het feet and hope that she will not be a tailsitter.

Additional weight was added so that should be ok.
Pedro L. Rocha said 3 years, 3 months ago:

I like it. Not sure if it was usual on the Schwalbe camouflage, but there were field applied painting where the 76 or 65 was painted over the upper colours used on the fuselage sides, creating a sort of “reverse” mottling, kinda like you did here John. Looks pretty neat
Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 3 months ago:

Love the camo too, my friend @johnb!
John vd Biggelaar said 3 years, 3 months ago:

@holzhamer, @fiveten, thanks for your kind words.

Today I was figuring out if the 262 would be a tailsitter or not. Besides the metal nose part that was included in this kit, I also added some additional weight just to be sure.
Only adding the landing gear struts showed that she will not be a tail sitter, but also that without the additional weight it would have been very critical.
Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 3 months ago:

Great that you ensured it will not be a tailsitter, my friend @johnb! It is so irritating to discover you need to add weight at the final stages...ask me how I know... 🙂
Eric Berg said 3 years, 3 months ago:

@johnb - I've been following along and this is looking really great. Once again, what airbrush do you use?
gary sausmikat said 3 years, 3 months ago:

Your paint job looks really nice...subtle mottling! Nice job, John!
Louis Gardner said 3 years, 3 months ago:

Wow ! This is looking fantastic ………….. Do you remember how much additional weight you added to the nose ?

Occasionally I will tape the big parts of a kit together as a mock up, and then insert a wooden toothpick into the landing gear strut mounts. This can give you a general impression on how the model is going to sit. You can also see roughly how much additional weight you are going to need, and it’s a great idea to add more weight as extra insurance.

Thanks in advance.
John vd Biggelaar said 3 years, 3 months ago:

@fiveten, @eb801, @gwskat, thanks a lot, a really enjoyable kit so far.

@eb801, the airbrush I use is a Fengda FE180 in combination with a Fengda FD186 compressor. I think these airbrushes and compressors are also sold by other brands using different names. It is was a set I bought two years ago after restarting this hobby. Never used an airbrush before but till now I'm pretty happy with this cheap combination. When I get more confidence, I will definitely look for a better one.
Tom Cleaver said 3 years, 3 months ago:

That paint job looks really good, @johnb

@michaelt - there is a never-ending argument over whether Bar's 262 was 74/75/76 or 81/82/76. Jerry Crandall comes down on 74/75/76, which is why I went that way, but there are equal masters who say the other. This is one where "do what you like" and ask whoever argues with you to present the Kodachromes they have that prove they're right.
Michael Turner said 3 years, 3 months ago:

John (@johnb),
It is good you added extra weight in the nose. I relied on the supplied nose weight for my HB Me 262 and just yesterday I looked at it and it fell on its tail. They need to supply just a bit more weight.
I like your colour choice - it sits between the grey (yes, I agree Tom @tcinla) and green(er) schemes.

A suggestion on the mottles, if you lightly go over the mottles and the upper/lower demarcation line you will find that they will be a bit more defined and yet subtle (particularly the latter). As a rule I spray dark over light as the colours transition from one to the other better that way.
I think you would be pleased with the effect if you do.
(Sorry, if I'm telling you how to suck eggs).
Either way, I'm enjoying the build.
John vd Biggelaar said 3 years, 3 months ago:

@michaelt, thanks for the feedback.
When I'm looking longer to the mottling result, I do too find it a bit to subtle.
I might give it a bit of extra mottling just to make it slightly more visible.

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